I-Icelandair ithe izoqala insizakalo entsha ehleliwe phakathi kwe-Seattle, Washington, ne-Reykjavik, e-Iceland, kusukela ngoJulayi 22, 2009, ihlinzeka ngezindiza ezine ngesonto isuka e-Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) ngo-4:30 ntambama, ifike e-Reykjavik ngo-6. :45 am ngakusasa ekuseni.
"I-Icelandair iyakujabulela manje ukunikeza izinketho eziningi ezindaweni ezihamba phambili zase-Europe ukusuka e-Seattle," kusho u-Thorsteinn Egilsson, umphathi jikelele - The Americas. "Siphinde sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana ne-Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ekukhonzeni bonke abahambi abaya entshonalanga, okuhlanganisa nenani elikhulu labantu baseScandinavia basePacific Northwest."
"Izindiza zangoLwesibili, ngoLwesine, ngoMgqibelo nangeSonto zizoxhuma e-Copenhagen, e-Oslo, e-Stockholm nase-London, zinikeze izikhathi ezifika emahoreni angu-4 zokuxhuma ngokushesha zisuka e-Seattle ziye e-Scandinavia kunalokho okungenzeka zidlula kwezinye izindawo zase-Europe," kusho umthwali wefulegi lase-Iceland. Izindiza eziya eHelsinki, Frankfurt, Amsterdam naseParis nazo zizotholakala ngeReykjavik. Izindiza ezixhumayo ezibuya nge-Reykjavik zifika e-Seattle ngo-5:45 ntambama, ngesikhathi sesidlo sakusihlwa ekhaya noma ukuxhumana okulula kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Melika.”
I-Icelandai ithe izosebenzisa indiza ye-Boeing 183-757ER enezihlalo ezingu-200 endizeni yaseSeattle-Reykjavik. “Ukusebenziseka ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene kwe-Boeing 757 kuyaqhubeka nokwenza inzuzo kumakhasimende ethu akudala futhi ahlonishwayo i-Icelandair,” kusho u-Aldo Basile, iphini likamongameli we-Sales, Europe, Russia and Central Asia, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Sincoma i-Icelandair ngokwenza kahle ikhono lendiza lokuvula imizila emisha futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukubona ama-757s e-Icelandair endiza namaphiko ahlukile ngaphezu kwesibhakabhaka sase-Seattle maduze."
I-Icelandair, inkampani ethwala ifulegi yase-Iceland, yasungulwa ngo-1937, futhi iyona kuphela inkampani yezindiza ekhona namuhla enerekhodi elide neligqame kangaka emzileni onqamula i-North Atlantic transatlantic.
